Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 170 170: Civil servants think Hanzhong is more suitable to be moved to the new capital?

Although the old Taoist priest looks wretched and has a sinister look on his face, he doesn't look like a good person at first glance!

But Zhu Yue knows that a person cannot be judged by his appearance, and he knows his face but not his heart!

Some people may be graceful, noble, and look like gentlemen, with an upright look on their face, but they may just be hypocrites with a lot of bad things on the outside!

And for a Taoist priest like Taoist Master Fu, it doesn't mean that you have to dress up like a fairy and look amiable. You will be a respected old Taoist priest!

People who are truly capable just stick to their Taoist heart instead of focusing on these appearances!

Those so-called Taoist priests who spend so much time dressing themselves up as immortals may not necessarily have the right intentions!

Just like that old man from Yan Nangui, when he stood on the street, those who didn't know thought he was just an old beggar!

of course!

In Hanzhong Mansion, Yan Nangui is quite famous for being an expert!

At least many dignitaries knew Yan Nangui, and they only knew about his relationship with him. After all, this old Taoist priest who looked like a beggar was an old man who could freely enter and leave the Han Dynasty Palace!

No matter how stupid they are, they still know that this old Taoist priest's identity is extraordinary!

After seeing off Taoist Master Fu, Zhu Li returned to the pavilion again.

"Then the old Taoist priest is gone?"

Seeing Lao Jiu coming back, Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

Zhu Yue briefly explained the reason why Taoist Fu wanted to find him, and Zhu Yuanzhang was even more emotional after hearing this!

"If it were those bald monks, they would be so happy that they could grin from ear to ear!"

"I didn't expect these Taoist priests to be so righteous!"

Zhu Yuanzhang once again saw the biggest difference between these Taoist priests and monks!

Even among the so-called eminent monks, how many can refuse the temptation of money?

Of course, what the monk received was definitely not money, it was just called merit!

The merit box in the temple was definitely an astonishing amount of wealth in the prosperous times!

"This is why my son vigorously promotes Taoism in the northwest and suppresses Buddhism everywhere."

"They say monks from outside are good at reciting sutras, but that doesn't work for my son!"

Zhu Yue also laughed.

He did know that the old man had become a monk because of his livelihood, but he also knew that the old man actually did not value these monks that much!

"Lao Jiu, what do you think we should position Taoism as the state religion?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly suggested at this time.

"Dad, why do you suddenly have such an idea?"

Zhu Yue asked in surprise.

Of course, he naturally wanted this.

But what he was more curious about was why the old man did this. Is it simply because of himself?

"Actually, we can see a lot of things about Taoism in the foreseeable future. We also know that you will definitely do the same in the future, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang explained with a smile.

"My son does have such an idea, but he has to do it step by step. The time has not yet come!"

"After all, Taoism is currently more respected by the people in the northwest, but further south, especially in Jiangnan and other places, most people still believe in Buddhism!"

"The imperial court suddenly promoted Taoism as the state religion, and the people must be able to accept it!"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement this decree!"

Zhu Yue did not deny it and directly expressed his thoughts.

"Well, that's indeed the truth, so we just expressed our position like this. How to operate it is your business. Just do it with confidence and boldness!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"Why don't you tell me what Taoism will be like in the future?"

Zhu Li asked with sudden interest.

"After you become emperor, Taoism will inevitably become the state religion, and its status in future generations will be far beyond that of Buddhism!"

"Not only that, we also know that there is an old Taoist priest named Yan Nangui beside you, right?"

"This old Taoist priest is quite capable!"

"For another example, we also know that there was a Taoist priest named Yan Chixia who was Yan Nangui's disciple!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's memory, this Yan Chixia was following Zhu Zhiqin, and she was also a Taoist priest comparable to Yan Nangui!

"It's still too early to make Taoism the state religion!"

"It's better to wait until everything is ready in the future, and everything will fall into place!"

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's story, Zhu Yue was still not ready to act too hastily.

In fact, Zhu Yue still had a question in his mind. The old man even knew about Yan Nangui, so he must have a certain understanding of Jijun's Tomb!

It can be said that Yan Nangui's lineage is responsible for guarding the tomb of Jijun!

Yan Nangui's disciples and grandsons are naturally one of them!

But why didn't the old man mention the Jijun Tomb at all?

After all, the existence of Jijun Tomb should be difficult for ordinary people to understand. For example, it can turn the dead into zombies and be driven by others. As an emperor, is the old man not interested at all?

In fact, he had been prepared for a long time. If the old man asked about this matter, at worst, he would take him to Dingjun Mountain to have a look, so as to dispel the old man's idea of ​​becoming a zombie!

Although zombies are immortal, after seeing this thing with your own eyes, who would want to really become a zombie?

"Okay, let's not mention this matter for now!"

"Let's continue talking about moving the capital!"

"Let's make some arrangements, so that we can communicate with Biao'er and let him prepare. Then we have to bring people with us to Hanzhong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic at this time and said.

Zhu Yue naturally had no objection to this, so the father and son discussed again how to move the capital. After the general charter was finalized, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a letter himself and asked Jiang Yu to send someone back to Yingtian Mansion!

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Yingtian Mansion, the Imperial Palace.

Since sending Lu to Huai'an, Zhu Biao has been quiet a lot during this period. Although the East Palace suddenly became deserted, fortunately there are still many of his younger brothers and nephews who are still studying in the palace. !

When Zhu Biao got interested, he would take time to talk to these emperors and nephews.

Now Zhu Biao seems to have put everything aside. He was originally focused on state affairs, but now he also pays more attention to family ties!

After all, I don’t have a few more years to live!

The state affairs that need to be dealt with need to be dealt with, and the family ties that need to be maintained must also be maintained!

What he is looking forward to most now is naturally to get to Hanzhong as soon as possible and see Lao Jiu again!

On this day, he received a letter from the old man from Hanzhong.

"Are you finally able to go to Hanzhong?"

"I didn't expect that the old man would be so big this time. He was planning to move the capital to Xi'an!"

After reading Zhu Yuanzhang's letter, Zhu Biao's excitement can be imagined.

However, moving the capital to Xi'an was originally what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, he was going to Xi'an to investigate whether it was suitable for moving the capital!

Needless to say now, Xi'an Mansion is no worse than Yingtian Mansion, and it is definitely suitable for moving the capital!

What's more, it's so close to Hanzhong, the most prosperous town in the Ming Dynasty!

The development of the entire northwest has now surpassed that of the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River. If the capital is really moved to Xi'an, the opposition from the courtiers should not be so strong!

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao directly sent the six ministers to Fengtian Palace, and first let out the news that the capital was to be moved!

After passing it through the mouths of these six ministers, Zhu Biao could probably grasp the reaction of the entire court, and then directly raise it in the court, which can be regarded as allowing all the civil and military officials in the court to be mentally prepared!

Soon, all six ministers came to Fengtian Hall.

When they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was planning to move the capital to Xi'an, everyone was shocked at first!

But soon, the six people who reacted began to have different expressions.

Among them, Li Xin is the happiest one!

To move the capital to Xi'an, Zhu Biao had to take their six ministers to the northwest in advance. This meant that he could see his daughter again!

And the newly born grandson!

After all, the emperor lives in the Han Palace now!

There will definitely be a chance to see it by then!

As for the other five ministers, it is unknown what they are thinking!

What made Zhu Biao breath a sigh of relief was that although the six ministers raised questions about the capital move and talked about many existing problems, they basically stated objective facts and there was no such thing as opposition for the sake of opposition. .

Sure enough, as he had guessed, today's Xi'an Mansion, and even the entire northwest, is no longer what it was a few years ago. Regarding the matter of moving the capital, the opposition of the ministers should not be so strong!

"I'm going to let you guys have some peace of mind today. You all can go back and think about it, and listen to what the people below have to say!"

"Three days later, we will discuss it in the morning!"

After Zhu Biao finished talking to the six ministers, he directly gave instructions.

After the six people heard this, they naturally agreed, and then retreated directly with their own thoughts!

Soon, the news that the imperial court was preparing to move the capital to Xi'an Prefecture was directly conveyed to the entire court through the mouths of the six ministers, and soon spread to the entire Yingtian Prefecture!

Suddenly, the government and the public were in an uproar!

There are those who support and look forward to moving the capital to Xi'an, but there are also voices of opposition!

Of course, in addition to these two voices, there is even a third voice, that is, compared to Xi'an, many people think that Hanzhong Mansion is the most suitable place to move the capital!

After all, Hanzhong's reputation as the most prosperous town in the Ming Dynasty has spread. Who doesn't want to live in the most prosperous city?

This is also a normal idea. After all, the capital represents the foundation of a country. Naturally, the more prosperous the better!

However, Hanzhong Mansion is not far from Xi'an Mansion. It is said that after the cement road is opened, it can be reached by fast horse in most of a day!

And if we really want to move the capital to Hanzhong Prefecture, we still have to see whether the King of Han, Zhu Yue, agrees!

Based on the current attitude of the emperor and the prince towards Han Wang Zhu Li, basically no minister would be stupid enough to stand up and be this evil person!

Even though there is usually no shortage of people in the court who want to impeach the King of Han Zhu Li, that is because most of these civil servants are just trying to increase their presence. They know better how to impeach, but in the end they still get nothing done!

But if they were really determined to directly touch the interests of King Zhu Yue of Han, who would have the courage?

If one of them fails, it will really kill someone!

Of course, these officials in the court knew before that Zhu Yuanzhang had the intention to move the capital to Xi'an!

Wasn't Zhu Yuanzhang's tour to the west this time also in the name of inspecting the relocation of the capital to the northwest?

The news of moving the capital is actually not that unexpected!

Many people also thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's previous change of fiefdom to King Qin Zhu Ping!

Putting aside what Zhu Xi did in the fiefdom, I am afraid that at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang already had plans to move the capital to Xi'an!

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang directly handed over Xi'an Mansion to Zhu Yue, King of Han Dynasty, to take care of it, which explains the problem even more!

Although they were in Yingtian Mansion, they also heard about the current situation of Xi'an Mansion!

Today's Xi'an Mansion, under the governance of Han King Zhu Li, has changed from the decadence under the former Qin King Zhu Ping. It can be said that the entire Xi'an Mansion has a completely new look. In comparison, it is not even worse than Yingtian Mansion!

As a result, most ministers are actually willing to move the capital to Xi'an!

For these officials, the only thing that worries them may be leaving their hometown!

After all, the foundation of the imperial court was in the south of the Yangtze River. Eighty percent of the civil servants and generals in the imperial court were born in the Huaihe and Yangtze River basins. The sudden move of the capital to Xi'an was mainly because it was too far!

Of course, if the prosperity in the northwest is more prosperous than in the south, it is not impossible to move the whole family away!

After all, people go to higher places!

The premise is that the northwest is really better than here!

Judging from the current situation, that’s it!

After all, the development of the entire northwest has made people all over the Ming Dynasty jealous!

Today's northwest is a gathering place for merchants of the Ming Dynasty. It is also the center of foreign trade and the economic center of the Ming Dynasty!

And although they are officials in the court, there are more or less business people in their families!

There will also be various businesses in private!

Moreover, they have only heard about the prosperity of Hanzhong Mansion and Xi'an Mansion, but have not seen it with their own eyes!

Some things, no matter how good you are, are not as good as seeing them for yourself!

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang is currently in Hanzhong Mansion, and he must have seen Xi'an Mansion, which shows that in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Xi'an Mansion is already better than Yingtian Mansion!

To be honest, Yingtian Mansion looks much more prosperous now than it did a few years ago. This is still the result of copying Hanzhong homework, and everyone knows it.

In fact, it is not as good as imagined. After all, there is still a gap between the copied ones!

It may not be a good thing to build a capital in a place with a more prosperous economy!

It is said that Prince Zhu Biao plans to take the six ministers to the northwest first, and then build the six government offices in the northwest. After the temporary court in the northwest can be operational, he will move the large troops from Yingtian Mansion there!

This method of moving the capital is naturally more stable and will not affect the normal operation of the entire Ming Dynasty!

What's more important is that now the cement road from Hanzhong Mansion to Yingtian Mansion has been completely connected!

If you ride from Hanzhong Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture, which is 800 miles, it will take five days.

Normally, it’s within ten days!

It’s even closer to Xi’an!

Whether it is transportation or personnel exchanges, it is not too convenient compared to the original plan to move the capital!

(End of this chapter)